Portainer settings API

Manage Portainer settings

Operations 3

GET /settings Retrieve Portainer settings #
PUT /settings Update Portainer settings #
GET /settings/public Retrieve Portainer public settings #

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portainer-settings-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: info@portainer.io
  description: 'Portainer API is an HTTP API served by Portainer. It is used by the Portainer UI and everything you can do with the UI can be done using the HTTP API.

    Examples are available at https://documentation.portainer.io/api/api-examples/

    You can find out more about Portainer at [http://portainer.io](http://portainer.io) and get some support on [Slack](http://portainer.io/slack/).


    # Authentication


    Most of the API environments(endpoints) require to be authenticated as well as some level of authorization to be used.

    Portainer API uses JSON Web Token to manage authentication and thus requires you to provide a token in the **Authorization** header of each request

    with the **Bearer** authentication mechanism.


    Example:


    ```

    Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6MSwidXNlcm5hbWUiOiJhZG1pbiIsInJvbGUiOjEsImV4cCI6MTQ5OTM3NjE1NH0.NJ6vE8FY1WG6jsRQzfMqeatJ4vh2TWAeeYfDhP71YEE

    ```


    # Security


    Each API environment(endpoint) has an associated access policy, it is documented in the description of each environment(endpoint).


    Different access policies are available:


    - Public access

    - Authenticated access

    - Restricted access

    - Administrator access


    ### Public access


    No authentication is required to access the environments(endpoints) with this access policy.


    ### Authenticated access


    Authentication is required to access the environments(endpoints) with this access policy.


    ### Restricted access


    Authentication is required to access the environments(endpoints) with this access policy.

    Extra-checks might be added to ensure access to the resource is granted. Returned data might also be filtered.


    ### Administrator access


    Authentication as well as an administrator role are required to access the environments(endpoints) with this access policy.


    # Execute Docker requests


    Portainer **DO NOT** expose specific environments(endpoints) to manage your Docker resources (create a container, remove a volume, etc...).


    Instead, it acts as a reverse-proxy to the Docker HTTP API. This means that you can execute Docker requests **via** the Portainer HTTP API.


    To do so, you can use the `/endpoints/{id}/docker` Portainer API environment(endpoint) (which is not documented below due to Swagger limitations). This environment(endpoint) has a restricted access policy so you still need to be authenticated to be able to query this environment(endpoint). Any query on this environment(endpoint) will be proxied to the Docker API of the associated environment(endpoint) (requests and responses objects are the same as documented in the Docker API).


    # Private Registry


    Using private registry, you will need to pass a based64 encoded JSON string ‘{"registryId":\<registryID value\>}’ inside the Request Header. The parameter name is "X-Registry-Auth".

    \<registryID value\> - The registry ID where the repository was created.


    Example:


    ```

    eyJyZWdpc3RyeUlkIjoxfQ==

    ```


    **NOTE**: You can find more information on how to query the Docker API in the [Docker official documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/v1.30/) as well as in [this Portainer example](https://documentation.portainer.io/api/api-examples/).

    '
  license:
    name: zlib
    url: https://github.com/portainer/portainer/blob/develop/LICENSE
  title: PortainerCE auth Settings API
  version: 2.39.1
servers:
- url: /api
tags:
- description: Manage Portainer settings
  name: settings
paths:
  /settings:
    get:
      description: 'Retrieve Portainer settings.

        **Access policy**: administrator'
      operationId: SettingsInspect
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.Settings'
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Retrieve Portainer settings
      tags:
      - settings
    put:
      description: 'Update Portainer settings.

        **Access policy**: administrator'
      operationId: SettingsUpdate
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.Settings'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Update Portainer settings
      tags:
      - settings
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/settings.settingsUpdatePayload'
        description: New settings
        required: true
  /settings/public:
    get:
      description: 'Retrieve public settings. Returns a small set of settings that are not reserved to administrators only.

        **Access policy**: public'
      operationId: SettingsPublic
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/settings.publicSettingsResponse'
        '500':
          description: Server error
      summary: Retrieve Portainer public settings
      tags:
      - settings
components:
  schemas:
    settings.publicSettingsResponse:
      properties:
        AuthenticationMethod:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.AuthenticationMethod'
          description: 'Active authentication method for the Portainer instance. Valid values are: 1 for internal, 2 for LDAP, or 3 for oauth'
          example: 1
        Edge:
          properties:
            CheckinInterval:
              description: The check in interval for edge agent (in seconds) - used in non async mode [seconds]
              example: 60
              type: integer
            CommandInterval:
              description: The command list interval for edge agent - used in edge async mode [seconds]
              example: 60
              type: integer
            PingInterval:
              description: The ping interval for edge agent - used in edge async mode [seconds]
              example: 60
              type: integer
            SnapshotInterval:
              description: The snapshot interval for edge agent - used in edge async mode [seconds]
              example: 60
              type: integer
          type: object
        EnableEdgeComputeFeatures:
          description: Whether edge compute features are enabled
          example: true
          type: boolean
        Features:
          additionalProperties:
            type: boolean
          description: Supported feature flags
          type: object
        GlobalDeploymentOptions:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.GlobalDeploymentOptions'
          description: Deployment options for encouraging deployment as code
        IsAMTEnabled:
          description: Whether AMT is enabled
          type: boolean
        IsDockerDesktopExtension:
          example: false
          type: boolean
        KubeconfigExpiry:
          default: '0'
          description: The expiry of a Kubeconfig
          example: 24h
          type: string
        LogoURL:
          description: URL to a logo that will be displayed on the login page as well as on top of the sidebar. Will use default Portainer logo when value is empty string
          example: https://mycompany.mydomain.tld/logo.png
          type: string
        OAuthLoginURI:
          description: The URL used for oauth login
          example: https://gitlab.com/oauth
          type: string
        OAuthLogoutURI:
          description: The URL used for oauth logout
          example: https://gitlab.com/oauth/logout
          type: string
        RequiredPasswordLength:
          description: The minimum required length for a password of any user when using internal auth mode
          example: 1
          type: integer
        TeamSync:
          description: Whether team sync is enabled
          example: true
          type: boolean
      type: object
    portainer.Pair:
      properties:
        name:
          example: name
          type: string
        value:
          example: value
          type: string
      type: object
    portainer.Settings:
      properties:
        AgentSecret:
          description: Container environment parameter AGENT_SECRET
          type: string
        AllowBindMountsForRegularUsers:
          type: boolean
        AllowContainerCapabilitiesForRegularUsers:
          type: boolean
        AllowDeviceMappingForRegularUsers:
          type: boolean
        AllowHostNamespaceForRegularUsers:
          type: boolean
        AllowPrivilegedModeForRegularUsers:
          type: boolean
        AllowStackManagementForRegularUsers:
          type: boolean
        AllowVolumeBrowserForRegularUsers:
          type: boolean
        AuthenticationMethod:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.AuthenticationMethod'
          description: 'Active authentication method for the Portainer instance. Valid values are: 1 for internal, 2 for LDAP, or 3 for oauth'
          example: 1
        BlackListedLabels:
          description: A list of label name & value that will be used to hide containers when querying containers
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.Pair'
          type: array
        DisplayDonationHeader:
          description: Deprecated fields
          type: boolean
        DisplayExternalContributors:
          type: boolean
        Edge:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.Edge'
        EdgeAgentCheckinInterval:
          description: The default check in interval for edge agent (in seconds)
          example: 5
          type: integer
        EdgePortainerUrl:
          description: EdgePortainerURL is the URL that is exposed to edge agents
          type: string
        EnableEdgeComputeFeatures:
          description: Whether edge compute features are enabled
          type: boolean
        EnableHostManagementFeatures:
          description: Deprecated fields v26
          type: boolean
        EnforceEdgeID:
          description: EnforceEdgeID makes Portainer store the Edge ID instead of accepting anyone
          example: false
          type: boolean
        FeatureFlagSettings:
          additionalProperties:
            type: boolean
          type: object
        GlobalDeploymentOptions:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.GlobalDeploymentOptions'
          description: Deployment options for encouraging git ops workflows
        HelmRepositoryURL:
          description: Helm repository URL, defaults to "https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami"
          example: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
          type: string
        InternalAuthSettings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.InternalAuthSettings'
        IsDockerDesktopExtension:
          type: boolean
        KubeconfigExpiry:
          description: The expiry of a Kubeconfig
          example: 24h
          type: string
        KubectlShellImage:
          description: KubectlImage, defaults to portainer/kubectl-shell
          example: portainer/kubectl-shell
          type: string
        LDAPSettings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.LDAPSettings'
        LogoURL:
          description: URL to a logo that will be displayed on the login page as well as on top of the sidebar. Will use default Portainer logo when value is empty string
          example: https://mycompany.mydomain.tld/logo.png
          type: string
        OAuthSettings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.OAuthSettings'
        SnapshotInterval:
          description: The interval in which environment(endpoint) snapshots are created
          example: 5m
          type: string
        TemplatesURL:
          description: URL to the templates that will be displayed in the UI when navigating to App Templates
          example: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/portainer/templates/master/templates.json
          type: string
        TrustOnFirstConnect:
          description: TrustOnFirstConnect makes Portainer accepting edge agent connection by default
          example: false
          type: boolean
        UserSessionTimeout:
          description: The duration of a user session
          example: 5m
          type: string
        openAMTConfiguration:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.OpenAMTConfiguration'
      type: object
    portainer.AuthenticationMethod:
      enum:
      - 0
      - 1
      - 2
      - 3
      type: integer
      x-enum-varnames:
      - _
      - AuthenticationInternal
      - AuthenticationLDAP
      - AuthenticationOAuth
    portainer.InternalAuthSettings:
      properties:
        RequiredPasswordLength:
          type: integer
      type: object
    portainer.LDAPSearchSettings:
      properties:
        BaseDN:
          description: The distinguished name of the element from which the LDAP server will search for users
          example: dc=ldap,dc=domain,dc=tld
          type: string
        Filter:
          description: Optional LDAP search filter used to select user elements
          example: (objectClass=account)
          type: string
        UserNameAttribute:
          description: LDAP attribute which denotes the username
          example: uid
          type: string
      type: object
    oauth2.AuthStyle:
      enum:
      - 0
      - 1
      - 2
      type: integer
      x-enum-varnames:
      - AuthStyleAutoDetect
      - AuthStyleInParams
      - AuthStyleInHeader
    portainer.LDAPSettings:
      properties:
        AnonymousMode:
          description: Enable this option if the server is configured for Anonymous access. When enabled, ReaderDN and Password will not be used
          example: true
          type: boolean
        AutoCreateUsers:
          description: Automatically provision users and assign them to matching LDAP group names
          example: true
          type: boolean
        GroupSearchSettings:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.LDAPGroupSearchSettings'
          type: array
        Password:
          description: Password of the account that will be used to search users
          example: readonly-password
          type: string
        ReaderDN:
          description: Account that will be used to search for users
          example: cn=readonly-account,dc=ldap,dc=domain,dc=tld
          type: string
        SearchSettings:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.LDAPSearchSettings'
          type: array
        StartTLS:
          description: Whether LDAP connection should use StartTLS
          example: true
          type: boolean
        TLSConfig:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.TLSConfiguration'
        URL:
          description: URL or IP address of the LDAP server
          example: myldap.domain.tld:389
          type: string
      type: object
    portainer.OpenAMTConfiguration:
      properties:
        certFileContent:
          type: string
        certFileName:
          type: string
        certFilePassword:
          type: string
        domainName:
          type: string
        enabled:
          type: boolean
        mpsPassword:
          type: string
        mpsServer:
          type: string
        mpsToken:
          description: retrieved from API
          type: string
        mpsUser:
          type: string
      type: object
    portainer.LDAPGroupSearchSettings:
      properties:
        GroupAttribute:
          description: LDAP attribute which denotes the group membership
          example: member
          type: string
        GroupBaseDN:
          description: The distinguished name of the element from which the LDAP server will search for groups
          example: dc=ldap,dc=domain,dc=tld
          type: string
        GroupFilter:
          description: The LDAP search filter used to select group elements, optional
          example: (objectClass=account
          type: string
      type: object
    portainer.TLSConfiguration:
      properties:
        TLS:
          description: Use TLS
          example: true
          type: boolean
        TLSCACert:
          description: Path to the TLS CA certificate file
          example: /data/tls/ca.pem
          type: string
        TLSCert:
          description: Path to the TLS client certificate file
          example: /data/tls/cert.pem
          type: string
        TLSKey:
          description: Path to the TLS client key file
          example: /data/tls/key.pem
          type: string
        TLSSkipVerify:
          description: Skip the verification of the server TLS certificate
          example: false
          type: boolean
      type: object
    settings.settingsUpdatePayload:
      properties:
        AuthenticationMethod:
          description: 'Active authentication method for the Portainer instance. Valid values are: 1 for internal, 2 for LDAP, or 3 for oauth'
          example: 1
          type: integer
        BlackListedLabels:
          description: A list of label name & value that will be used to hide containers when querying containers
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.Pair'
          type: array
        EdgeAgentCheckinInterval:
          example: 5
          type: integer
        EdgePortainerURL:
          description: EdgePortainerURL is the URL that is exposed to edge agents
          type: string
        EnableEdgeComputeFeatures:
          description: Whether edge compute features are enabled
          example: true
          type: boolean
        EnforceEdgeID:
          description: EnforceEdgeID makes Portainer store the Edge ID instead of accepting anyone
          example: false
          type: boolean
        GlobalDeploymentOptions:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.GlobalDeploymentOptions'
          description: Deployment options for encouraging deployment as code
        HelmRepositoryURL:
          description: Helm repository URL
          example: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
          type: string
        InternalAuthSettings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.InternalAuthSettings'
        KubeconfigExpiry:
          default: '0'
          description: The expiry of a Kubeconfig
          example: 24h
          type: string
        KubectlShellImage:
          description: Kubectl Shell Image
          example: portainer/kubectl-shell:latest
          type: string
        LDAPSettings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.LDAPSettings'
        LogoURL:
          description: URL to a logo that will be displayed on the login page as well as on top of the sidebar. Will use default Portainer logo when value is empty string
          example: https://mycompany.mydomain.tld/logo.png
          type: string
        OAuthSettings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.OAuthSettings'
        SnapshotInterval:
          description: The interval in which environment(endpoint) snapshots are created
          example: 5m
          type: string
        TemplatesURL:
          description: URL to the templates that will be displayed in the UI when navigating to App Templates
          example: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/portainer/templates/master/templates.json
          type: string
        TrustOnFirstConnect:
          description: TrustOnFirstConnect makes Portainer accepting edge agent connection by default
          example: false
          type: boolean
        UserSessionTimeout:
          description: The duration of a user session
          example: 5m
          type: string
      type: object
    portainer.Edge:
      properties:
        AsyncMode:
          description: Deprecated 2.18
          example: false
          type: boolean
        CommandInterval:
          description: The command list interval for edge agent - used in edge async mode (in seconds)
          example: 5
          type: integer
        PingInterval:
          description: The ping interval for edge agent - used in edge async mode (in seconds)
          example: 5
          type: integer
        SnapshotInterval:
          description: The snapshot interval for edge agent - used in edge async mode (in seconds)
          example: 5
          type: integer
      type: object
    portainer.GlobalDeploymentOptions:
      properties:
        hideStacksFunctionality:
          example: false
          type: boolean
      type: object
    portainer.OAuthSettings:
      properties:
        AccessTokenURI:
          type: string
        AuthStyle:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/oauth2.AuthStyle'
        AuthorizationURI:
          type: string
        ClientID:
          type: string
        ClientSecret:
          type: string
        DefaultTeamID:
          type: integer
        KubeSecretKey:
          items:
            type: integer
          type: array
        LogoutURI:
          type: string
        OAuthAutoCreateUsers:
          type: boolean
        RedirectURI:
          type: string
        ResourceURI:
          type: string
        SSO:
          type: boolean
        Scopes:
          type: string
        UserIdentifier:
          type: string
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY
      type: apiKey
    jwt:
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      type: apiKey